Georgian Olympic champions Lasha Talakhadze, Lasha Bekauri named best athletes of 2021
Georgian Olympic champions Lasha Talakhadze and Lasha Bekauri have been named as the Best Athletes of 2021 by the Georgian National Olympic Committee. Photo: 1tv.ge.
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Georgian Olympic champions Lasha Talakhadze and Lasha Bekauri have been named as the Best Athletes of 2021 by the Georgian National Olympic Committee.
Judoka Lasha Bekauri and weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Talakhadze won gold medals at all three major weightlifting tournaments held in 2021. First, he claimed gold at the 2021 Moscow European Championship and then became an Olympic champion in Tokyo.
Talakhadze earned his fifth Weightlifting World Champion title and broke three records in the process in the International Weightlifting Federation competition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on December 17.
Judoka Lasha Bekauri claimed four international medals in 2021. He won a bronze medal at Doha Masters 2021, which was followed by three golds at Tel Aviv Grand Slam 2021, European Seniors Championship 2021, and Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The Georgian National Olympic Committee awarded the best Georgian athletes in various types of sports:
- Discovery of 2021 – Olympic Hope (Women) – Mariam Kerdikashvili, canoe
- Discovery of 2021 – Olympic Hope (men) – Leri Abuladze, wrestling
- Best Athlete in Winter Sports – Moris Kvitelashvili, figure skating
- Best Female Athlete of 2021 – Eter Liparteliani, judo
- Best Coach (women’s sports) – Lali Dolidze, artistic gymnastics
- Best Young Athlete in Sports – Giorgi Magrakvelidze, water polo
- Best Coach of 2021 – Lasha Gujejiani, head coach of judo team
- For Professional Coverage at the Tokyo Summer Olympics – journalist Lasha Goduadze
Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze earned his fifth Weightlifting World Champion title and broke three records in the process, as the athlete was crowned in the International Weightlifting Federation competition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday.
Georgian medalists at the Tokyo Olympic Games will receive cash prizes for their victories from the state. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at last night’s ceremony of welcoming the Georgian Olympic team that each gold medal winner will receive a money prize of 1 million GEL from the state, silver medalists will receive 500,000 GEL, while bronze medalists will receive 250,000 GEL.
Lasha Bekauri, the first gold medal-winner for Georgia at the 2021 Summer Olympic Games, has said he intends to use the prize money from the state to bring his mother and grandmother back from work in emigration.
Georgia has its first gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games after Lasha Bekauri scored a win in a closely contested 90kg final against Germany's Eduard Trippel on Wednesday.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Leri abuladze won a gold medal at the European Wrestling Championship in Budapest on Saturday.
The 23-year-old wrestler defeated Azerbaijan’s Taleh Mammadov in the final for the 63 kg weight category.
Georgia’s Weightlifting World Champion, Olympic Champion and record-breaking athlete Lasha Talakhadze is in running to be named European Weightlifting Federation’s Best Weightlifter of the Year via an online poll.
The European Judo Union named Lasha Gujejiani, the head coach of the Georgian national judo team, the best male coach of 2021 following four medals claimed by the team at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the EJU announced on Thursday.
Georgia’s Weightlifting World Champion, Olympic Champion and record-breaking athlete Lasha Talakhadze was named the European Weightlifting Federation’s Weightlifter of the Year after receiving 4,750 votes in an online poll run by the EWF.